318 issues

good morning MAD!
You have a point although it should run fine at the stock setting, unless it's tired..

it's stock....35* at 3000-3500rpm w/o vac advance hooked up,48-52*w/vac
what ever the initial ends up....Not everyone will be able or wanna do the tailored curve and modify the distributor, though it's in they're best interest..
and not that it can't benefit from a 'tune', it's just that it doesn't need a 'tune' to run right at this level.
carter 2brl...not a lot of options for the bbd/bbs carter, besides drilling jets and sand papering rods either.

I remember taking a bbd off a '74 318 and dropping it on my built slant...the thing wouldn't get past 3000rpm or so before cacked out.lol
anyways ..with a .390 lift cam 'like the 318' you don't 'need' a lot of timing.

sure you can get more performance out of it, just yank the heavy advance spring out and only run the 1 light spring thats left, that'll give you 18*& 35*

if the op thinks his ability can facilitate this mod, go for it!
it will run better down low in the rpm range than it did before.


anything over 30* full advance will run fine for a stock 318.

but now if mean to set 16*initial just to baseline the idle settings and make sure the timing is not the case...cool, but then he has to taylor it forsure if thats the fix...or reset it all back if it doesn't fix the problem.

ability... ability..